1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre

The Tiananmen Square protests, known within China as the June Fourth Incident, were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, lasting from 15 April to 4 June... Wikipedia

• Date:  Initial protests, 15 April – 4 June 1989, (less than a year)- Massacre, 3–4 June 1989, (1 day), years ago
• Location:  Beijing, China and 400 cities nationwide, Tiananmen Square
• Causes:  Death of Hu Yaobang, Economic reform, Inflation, Political corruption, Nepotism (especially regarding the children of Zhao Ziyang and Deng Xiaoping), Third wave of democracy
• Goals:  End of corruptions within the Chinese Communist Party, as well as democratic reforms, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, freedom of association, social equality, democratic input on economic reforms
• Methods:  Hunger strike, sit-in, civil disobedience, occupation, rioting
• Result:  Government crackdown, Heavy casualties observed in urban clashes between rioters and chinese soldiers in Beijing, especially at Muxidi, Protest leaders and pro-democracy activists exiled or imprisoned, Rioters charged with violent crimes executed in the following months, Zhao Ziyang purged from General Secretary and Politburo, Jiang Zemin promoted to paramount leader by Deng Xiaoping, Imposition of Western economic sanctions and arms embargoes on China, Initiation of Operation Yellowbird
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